Calendar stand with memoranda paper supply device



H. G. DAVIS Aug. 19, 1947.

CALENDAR STAND WITH MEMORANDA' PAPER SUPPLY DEVICE Filed Nov. 15, 1945 :EIE- E v" I Mn Patented Aug. 19, 1947 IALENDAR STAND WITH MEMORANDA PAPER SUPPLY DEVICE Harold G. Davis, Brooklyn, Y. Application November 15, 1945, Serial No. 628,816

5 Claims.

My invention relates broadly to desk appliances, and more particularly to a structure of calendar base and memoranda paper feed device.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a construction of calendar base and memoranda paper feed device for desk use which may be inexpensively manufactured on a mass production basis.

Another object of my invention is to provide a construction of calendar base and memoranda paper feed device for desk use which may be readily molded from plastic material on an inexpensive basis in mass production.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a simplified construction of molded base for desk calendars having a pivotally mounted shelf-like member projecting through the front thereof and serving as a successive delivery means for memoranda paper sheets.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a simplified construction fOr pivotally mounting a molded shelf-like member under spring tension at the end of a calendar base and operative to be yieldably displaced through a restricted angular distance for supporting and delivering memoranda paper sheets through the end of the calendar base.

Other and further objects of my invention reside in a simplified construction of molded calendar base and memoranda paper delivery mechanism as set forth more fully in the specification hereinafter following by referenc to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the molded calendar base showing the paper feed device of my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the molded calendar base and memoranda paper feed means associated therewith; Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary transverse sectional View taken substantially on line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on line 5-5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on line 6-6 of Fig. 3; Fig. '7 is a perspective view of the memoranda paper delivery shelf used in the calendar base of my invention; and Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the manner of assembling the memoranda paper delivery shelf with respect to the molded calendar base.

My invention is directed to a molded construction of base for a calendar which includes a memoranda paper feed device projecting from the front thereof. The memoranda paper feed device is formed by an angularly movable shelf.- like member which is pivotally supported on 111% members molded integrally with the interior walls of the calendar base. The shelf-like member forms a support for a stack of memoranda sheet paper which is gripped between the shelflike member andthe front edge of the calendar base. The shelf-like member is continuously urged by spring means to a position in which successive memoranda sheets may be gripped as individual sheets are withdrawn from the stack. The assembly of the structure is extremely simple as the shelf-like member is proportioned to enable the shelf-like member to be inserted between the lug supports on the interior side walls of the molded base of the calendar and the interior o'f the top of the base. The shelf-like member is also molded from plastic material, Thus the calendar base and memoranda paper feed device may be manufactured inexpensively on a mass production scale and readily assembled in minimum time and with minimum skill.

Referring to the drawings in detail, reference character 1 designates the molded base structure having supporting feel; 2 thereon for mounting the base structure I on a suitable supporting surface 3. The molded base I is provided with transversely extending reinforcing ribs 4 integrally molded with the material of base I. Suitable ornamentation may be applied to the upper surface of base I. The base forms an inclined plane support Ia on which there is mounted the stack of sheets 5 constituting the calendar. The stack of sheets 5 is secured in position by a suit.- able transversely extending plate member 6 ast ned b m an o r w m mber 1 wh h x e d hr h s wr ade b s s 8 o me beneath the base I. The follower plate 5 may therefore be adjusted against the surface I as calendar sheets 5 are removed from the calendar.

Th depend ng side walls of the molded basel are represented at I17 and I0 in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. The side walls Ib and I0 include integrally molded ledges Id and I6 directed toward each other and extending from the extreme front edge Ijof base I to a position interiorly of the base I and terminating in upwardly extending "lug portions Ig and In, respectively. The ledges Id andl? and their associated upstanding lugs lg and I}; serve as s t n mean o t ock hle el i s m mb r 9 .wh shi s l wn in pe sp c ive ew in h elfi e membe 9 i icrms f o molded m te i l an has a P an Su a portion .Sa which preiest throug th seen nd of the calendar base I indicated at It and mm tegrall formed upstanding rear Wall portion 9b disposed in a plane extending at an acut angle to the plane of the plane surface portion 9a. The upstanding rear wall portion 52b and the plane surface portion 911 meet in a juncture which provides pivotal contact with the junctures of the inwardly directed ledges Id and l e, and their associated upstanding lugs lg and in,

The shelf-like member 9 is thus free to rock about the junctures hereinbefore described where the ends of the extreme corner 90 of the shelflike member 9 serve as pivotal means about the junctures formed by ledge id and lug lg, and ledge le and lug lh as fulcrums.

The plane surface 9a swings between the extreme end if of base I and the transverse forward edge I? of base I with the stack of memoranda paper sheets l stacked thereon.

The fact that the rear wall 91) is disposed in a plan at acute angles to the plane surface 9a serves to spread the paper sheets sufficiently in echelon. to enable the top sheet to be readily picked .up by the fingers and removed through the front of the calendar base.

The shelf-like member 9 has the rear wall 9?) thereof apertured at 903 and 9e to permit coil spring members II and l2 to be hooked there through and extended to engage the lugs l4 and l5 which project inwardly from the side walls lb and l C of the base I. Coil springs H and I2 are selected of such length that the shelf-like member 9' is continually tensioned and urged to rock about the extremities of the corner 90 for urging the stack of memoranda paper sheets IEI into frictionally clamped engagement with the transverse front edge l7. Thus, as the successive memoranda paper sheets are withdrawn from the stack Ill the shelf-like member 9 shifts about the fulcrums at the opposite extremities of the corner 90 thereof for maintaining the balanc of the memoranda paper sheet ill in clamped engagement. The stack of paper sheets may be replenished or renewed from time to time by inserting the stack of sheets through the front of the calendar base on to the rockable shelf-like member 9.

The rockable shelf-like member 9 is assembled with respect to the calendar base as shown more particularly in Fig. 8, from which it will be seen that the coil springs ll and I2 have their rear ends fastened to the lugs l4 and i5, and their forward ends fastened through the apertures 8d and Se in the upwardly extending rear wall 92) of shelf-like member 9. The shelf-like member 9 is then moved in the direction of arrow IS intermediate the upstanding lugs lg and lh and the undersurface of the top la of the calendar base. As the shelf-like member 9 is moved to final position, it passes through the dotted line position represented at 9 with the coil springs stretched as represented in dotted lines H, as compared to the full line position ll represented in Fig. 8. The shelf-like member 9 is then moved forward through the front opening in the calendar base to the dash-dot line position represented at 9 with the coil springs stretched to the position represented at I l". The corner 90 is thus engaged by the juncture of the upstanding lu l g and longitudinally extending/ledge Id and the juncture of upstanding lug Hz and longitudinally extending ledge le for mounting the shelf-like member 9 in rockable position ready to receive the stack of memoranda sheet paper.

It will be observed that the entire assembly comprises two simple molded parts interconnected by tension spring members. The paper delivery device has proven highly practicabl and successful in operation in the feeding of memoranda paper sheets as a desk appliance. 5 While I have described my invention in one of its preferred embodiments, I realize that modifications may be made and I desire that it be understood that no limitations upon my invention are intended other than may be imposed by the scope of the appended claims. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is as follows:

l. A sheet dispenser for desk appliances comprising a molded base structure having a pair of depending side walls and an open front, an inwardly directed substantially horizontally extending ledge molded integral with each of the side walls of said base structure and terminatin in an abutment means at the inner end thereof, a shelf-like member projecting through the front of said base structure and pivotally mounted at the junctures of said ledges with said abutment means, and spring means disposed between said r' shelf-like member and said base structure for urging said shelf-like member to a position for clamping memoranda sheets between said base structure and said shelf-like member.

2. A sheet dispenser for desk appliance comprising a molded base structure having a pair of depending side walls and an open front, supporting members molded integral with the side walls of said base structure, lug members molded integral with the side walls of said base structure in spaced relation to said supporting members, a shelf-like member pivotally mounted on said supporting members and movable between limits defined by said supporting members and said base structure and spring means interconnecting said 40 shelf-like member and said lug members for continuously urging said shelf-like member to a position for clamping memoranda sheets thereon with respect to said base structure for selective withdrawal through the front thereof.

3. A sheet dispenser for desk appliances com prising a molded base structure having a pair of depending side walls and an open front, supporting members projecting inwardly from the side walls of said base structure and transversely aligned with each other, a shelf-like member pivotally mounted in said supporting members and angularly shiftable from a position in abutment with said supporting members to a position abutting said base structure, said shelf-like member having a rear wall thereon for confining memoranda paper sheets in a stack for selective withdrawal through the front of said base structure and spring mean interconnecting the rear wall of said shelf-like member and said base structure for continuously urging said shelf-like member to a position for yieldably clamping the memoranda sheets thereon beneath said base structure.

4. A sheet dispenser for desk appliances comprising a molded base structure having a pair of depending side walls and an open front, supporting members projecting inwardly from the side walls of said base structure and transversely aligned with each other, a shelf-like member pivotally mounted in said supporting members and angularly shiftable from a position in abutment with said supporting members to a position abutting said base structure, said shelf-like member having a rear wall extending at an acute angle to the plane of the supporting surface thereof for confining a stack of memoranda sheets thereon substantially in echelon arrangement for selective withdrawal through the front of said base structure, the effective height of said rear wall being less than the distance between said supporting members and the top of said base structure for facilitating the insertion of said shelflike member into pivotal position beneath said base structure, and spring means for continuously urging said shelf-like member to a position for yieldably clamping said stack of memoranda sheets between said shelf-like member and said base structure.

5. A sheet dispenser for desk appliances comprising a molded base structure having a pair of depending side walls and an open front, supporting members projecting inwardly from the side walls of said base structure and transversely aligned with each other, a shelf-like member pivotally mounted in said supporting members and angularly shiftable from a position in abutment with said supporting members to a position abutting said base structure, said shelf-like member having a rear wall for confining memoranda paper sheets in a stack for selective Withdrawal member to a position for yieldably clamping the memoranda paper sheets between the shelf-like member and said base structure.

HAROLD G. DAVIS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 585,038 Kinsel et a1 June 22, 1897 1,577,641 Hunt Mar. 23, 1926 1,848,694 Bucklin Mar. 8, 1932 1,863,240 Daniels June 14, 1932 

